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Student Computing

As a student at UCT, you are able to access a wide range of information and communication technology services to support your academic endeavours. Your user account (student number and 14-character password) is your key to using these services. Student computing labs are distributed across faculties and in some residences. Some of these labs are managed for the faculty by ICTS, while others are managed by faculty staff. A range of software is made available to students at no additional cost and can be downloaded from this website.

Centralised, managed printers are located in these student computing labs and in document centres. Print requests are released by tapping or swiping your student card against a reader at the printer. The university also hosts a student portal - Vula - to which all students have access. Notes, videos and additional learning material will be made available there by lecturers.

Your two main points of contact with ICTS will be via the student lab administrators or the staff at our Front Office located on Cissie Gool Plaza. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Everything you need to know

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